Soft-collar case



Sept. 2, 1930. G.,woRDlNGHAM l 1,774,78?t

SOFT COLLAR CASE Filed Fb 2o, 1929 This invention relatesto special receptacles i and morerparticularly to a containerjor case fla in which soft collars are to be placed after side walls of the'container to -be releasably connected at -their ends and free-sidesand being laundered andreturnedto the customer inthecaseffV VOneV object of the invention is to provide a container or caseofthis characterformed of st'il'l oardboardand SQ yconstructed that collars maybevery easily placed thereinf'jinu. "f aflattened?conditionfand not only prevented from beingsoiled-but also prevented from becoming crumpled. l

Anotherobject of the invention is to allow prevent collars from slipping'outof the ycontaineiz f 1 Another object of the invention'is to form the containerV from, a `sheet of v,cardboard ofr V such shape that-a number maybe cutfroml large sheets or strips of cardboard without l l y ,I l u y iron'edforl bakedl while drying;j K `When Vthe tem pora-rily softened vportion of 'the .sheet has again hardened, the siheetxwll remain in-its.

foldedl'condition thereby providingffafconwaste andthereby allow'thefcontainer to be very cheaplyproduced.

Another object V`of: theinvention is"V tosc form the caseor container that ,side walls of the same will Vbe joinedl byv a, transversely 1 curved portion having sutlicientstiffness to retain its shape and allow a number of co1 lars to be placed in thecontainer andthe Figure 1 is a view showi Thefimproved collar case is container closedwithout dangerof crumpling the'collars.

panying drawing, wherein y -ng the container4 closed in enveloping y relation tof a collar, ia portion of one lwall of the container loeingy broken away, Y f f Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional vview through the case or containerltaken .on the line`2-'-2 ofFg. 1, y j

Fig. 3 is avlew of the, blank from whichv the container is'formed, andv .f

Fig. Lis a-transvers'e sectional view through the container taken on theline -tofFig. l

with the collar omitted.

- formed from a sheet lofcardboard,.such as shown inFig. 3 andvindicated in general bythe numeral 1, and this sheet is preferablyl oblong in shape so that it may beicutfrom alarge sheetvor fenonenwonnineimm, or-iyiinwAUKEEf f such assh-ownV in Fig. land indicatedby the f tween its side walls vandthe tongues 3T an`d'5 vpassed through the slits 2 and 4A. l`herefore,1- the side walls will besecurely j oined at their* "ends and intermediate their'lengthand there'A f will be no' danger Vof theru accidentally 'loec-v jcoming, released; In' y'view of the ki'a'ct that thetongues taper toward their free ends,they

Slits 4' arelformed inthe endportion's ofther 1 lto'ligues vwhich also taper toward @theirree f ,endsand `areladapted tobepassed throfughl A theslits fwhen'r'thecase.isfiniluse.`,Affter'the jfl fsheetjor .blank vl'hasbeen:*cut Vto forni.theA i j'slitsand tonguesv itsfinterfme,diateu portionbe-,l *tween .theV vrlongitrugolijnally eXtendingfdotted lines4 6 is steamed untilitis y'soft enough .tofbe Y' Vv'easily' folded without 'cracking andlthe ,sheet .is 'then vfolded about a form andsejcurediuntil "it has driedandtheltemporarily:Softenedportionzagain hardened. If sol desired, it maybe tainerhaving side ywalls 7 and 8"]'oined by a shown in Fig. 4,. whileat; the same1 time .al-

lowing the'l side walls 'tofbe moved. ,toward- 80 andawayjrom eachlother.. Therefore, the; i `side walls mayvbesepjarated inordertoopen i vthe:y case and place l one for more collars into Y. the case. The afc't that the connecting por# tion." 9i is "curved transversely will `allow a-1 sheet.. .in the side portion thereoff ,havingv the sljit2 formedjth'erein and the?othersi.delpor-V i u 60 i "ll'alsvefselyrcllrltedPOlftlQlyfgfhg-Ying?.Suf* fiicient stillnessv to Vretainits arcuate shape, as

number off'collars lto 'be placedthereinand y.

they" CoH-afs becmins bent' and the Collars fgcrumpled. u,

When' the containerisin use', a'softv collar,

numeral v'10, .maybe placed in'I the case lloe-v the walls moved toward eachother toa closed j n positionwithout"danger ofv edge portions of can be very easily passed-through the slits. Itsho'uld be 'noted thatby having the end LVtonguesand slits located intermediate the sideJV e e edges of pt-he'A Walls vthese tongueswillbe lo- 5.yeavcellopposite'the outer ply orporti'on of a tu'rndown Collar placed in the casein a flatr tened-,eonditionand the end portions of the 4 inner, ply having buttonholes. formed therel .in will beYV disposed between the tongues .and ou unite innerjsideedge portions of the walls l of thefycontainerfjjBy this?arrangement`the` VVVCollar Willlbe prevented from ysliding longitudinally outvofjthe case or container and' {thereQWillLbe no dangerofa collarjbeeoming lost or' soiled before git is Adeliveredl to-aT ousvtonner. AAdvertisingl matter and the naine of V-l Sa laundry niaybe'p'rinted or .otherwise applied tothe outer faces of the walls and also Y 'i V `there may 'be provided spa'oe for the naine Y l ...9G v'and address of the customer upon one Wall.

i Haingthusdescribed',thefinvention,4 I t* elaimf; v t. Y ,t n Ay container 'comprising ai sheet of material yfolded to fo'rm'walls of. substantially ;:,'equa1 dimension s disposed one'i'n coveringk relation to the other and integrally 'united v Qtheretolalongoneside ofthe container, the n yr`endledgesand other side edgesof the Walls l vbeing -freewhereby a collar may beplaced in im afflattenedeondition between Vthewalls with the freeniargi'nal portionsof the Walls projecting beyond its ends and beyond the outer longitudinal vedge ofthe collar, the free A3 marginal portions of one wall having"L slits p 3- yformed therein intermediatethe' length of its e' longitudinell .edge and intermediate the length @of its end edges andl corresponding portions `l of the other Wall being provided with tongues engageable through the slits to' releasably 'w hold thesaid marginal' portions 'of the Walls vin close relation Vto each lother beyond the Vcollarand Vprovide a` stop'jintermediate the t lengthQof a eollar andother stops opposite endsyof the collar intermediate the depth f5,"the'reol and servingvto reta-in'v thefcollar in f place Within the Container. l e y l l In testimony whereof I allix'my signature. GEORGE [il s]`l 

